KHARKIV - The trial of Slovyansk's former mayor Nelya Shtepa on charges of colluding with pro-Russian separatists - despite the fact that she says they held her hostage - has alarmed rights groups, who say her case is just one of many in which the right to a fair trial is taking a backseat to Kyiv's focus on putting down the rebellion in the east.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Al Jazeera America: Ukraine’s prosecution of former Slovyansk mayor alarms rights groups
Ukrainian servicemen sit next to a national flag of Ukraine on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk on Aug. 5, 2014.
